CRMJ 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Arraignment, Trac, Bench Trial
11 Oct 2017
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Local - spends the most amount of money on the government level: heavily weighted with agencies. Federal: prosecution - function of prosecutor is to prosecute criminals (gain to lower crime) We are looking for what cases to actually try in the prosecutors o ce. To promote justice: if enough evidence - go forward, if not enough evidence - don"t go forward, courts. District court: tra c incidents (speeding tickets) are dealt here, two types of cases: Civil: speci c dollar amount (if below, goes to district court) Friday, september 8, 2017: it means a new trial, from district court to circuit court. Speci c dollar amount (if above, goes to circuit court) Private wrong: someone vs. __, burden of proof - someone tries to prove as much as they can (they have. A lot of evidence to convince you (preponderance of evidence: criminal.
